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Irina Spirlea v Elena Likhovtseva: stats compared | Lineball
Spirlea wins on sets lost. Likhovtseva’s case rests on titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Spirlea 368 matches, Likhovtseva 718 matches.
Likhovtseva has 3 titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Spirlea’s 4 titles (one every 50 matches).
Spirlea averages 1.0 sets lost a match to Likhovtseva’s 1.1.
Spirlea has the better sets won %: 57.9 to Likhovtseva’s 50.5.
Winners’ edge: Spirlea’s team won 58%, Likhovtseva’s team won 51% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Likhovtseva has 718 matches across 16 seasons, Spirlea 368 in 10 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, aces, finals…): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.04 total · best 1Titlesper game0.03 total · best 1
–First serve in %64.1
–First-serve points won %61.2
–Break points saved %54.0
–Return points won %45.2
–Acesper game0.8167 total · best 9
11.04,055 total · best 20Games wonper game10.77,689 total · best 20
Head to head
78 matches since 19951
Hard · 4 matchesSpirlea 3Likhovtseva 1
Carpet · 4 matchesSpirlea 4Likhovtseva 0
Grand Slams · 2 matchesSpirlea 1Likhovtseva 1
Last meetings
30 Aug 1999 · US Open · Round of 32 · HardLikhovtseva won 6-1 6-3
31 Aug 1998 · US Open · Round of 128 · HardSpirlea won 7-6 6-4
28 July 1997 · San Diego · Round of 32 · HardSpirlea won 6-3 6-3
7 Mar 1997 · Indian Wells · Round of 16 · HardSpirlea won 6-3 6-4
10 Feb 1997 · Paris · Round of 32 · CarpetSpirlea won 6-4 7-5
28 Jan 1997 · Tokyo · Round of 32 · CarpetSpirlea won 6-3 6-4
4 Nov 1996 · Oakland · Quarterfinal · CarpetSpirlea won 6-2 6-4
17 Oct 1995 · Brighton · Round of 32 · CarpetSpirlea won 6-1 6-3
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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–Break points converted %46.8
57.9Sets won %50.5
53.1Games won %50.2
0.010 total · best 1Finalsper game0.08 total · best 1
1.3479 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.2835 total · best 2
1.0348 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better1.1817 total · best 2
9.73,582 total · best 21Games lostper game · lower is better10.67,632 total · best 20
0.279 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.2145 total · best 2
–Double faultsper game · lower is better1.3299 total · best 11
